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Hi #miched Karen Bosch from metro Detroit. Looking forward to some awesome new projects with students, including coding, 3d printing, and using the Clips app. Multitasking tonight, will be in and out.
@Scholastic Story Starter blended with @scratch where Ss had to create their story in a program. The kiddos loved it and the parents loved that the lesson was fun and engaging. #MichEd#CMakers
That's what they tell me but I hope it doesn't come. I've a baller PD planned for Friday and my Ts don't want to miss out. Heck I don't want to miss out hosting it. #MichEd
A1: Working with a Priority district to put the IRIP (Individualized Reading Improvement Plan) Process into place. Best part is being able to support through embedded coaching. #BePresent#LeadWithLove#MichEd
A2: I don't know if I would chose a word to frame the year. The year typically chooses their own. 2017 was the year of accountability. I do however choose intentions. Better communication is one for 2018. #MichEd
A2. I did this a couple of years ago and it changed my outlook. This year I choose “Promise.” The year holds so much promise, and I promise to take in all of it that I can! #miched
A1) Really getting the hang of using using OneNote as my lecture note collection place.
In Geo, my trig unit gets better every year.
In Calc, I think, 1st part of this, kids were really getting extrema.
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A2) Mathatude for class. #miched
Instilling the attitude that students have the attitude that math isn't hard.
Personally, I'd frame my world around "patience". #miched
A3). I retired from teaching to run our Agency with my wife (another retired educator). Most of our personal goals are also professional goals. #miched
A3: Being more positive all around understand that I can’t control everything. Personal reflections and learning on this. It’s not about seeing, and forcing change my way..., it’s about identifying, molding and empowering! #miched
A3: My professional and personal goals are one and the same. Work smarter not harder so work stays at work and home stays home. No point in not taking care of yourself in order to get work done b/c high quality work doesn't thrive when under pressure. It's not a diamond. #MichEd
A3: The correlation between my personal and professional goals for 2018 are direct and simple; be more assertive, more attentive, and take bigger risks. #michED
A3) There is certainly a correlation. The more excited I become professionally the more excited I become at home. So much time is spent at school that it does impact our home life. #miched
A3) Goals that are just tough enough to get me out of my routine and inspire me. I love challenges too! I also love innovation and trying new things. #michED
A3: Professionally And Personally it comes down #ServiceToOthers and remembering to #LeadWithLove#MichEd so far 17-18 It has been a year of listening and learning together.
A3: My professional goals are to budget time so I have more personal time.
I see really as an educator, that I want to help students appreciate math and become life-long learners. Personally, I'm already there!
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A3. Professionally, I am working to develop a stronger classroom community to encourage higher levels of engagement. Similarly, maintaining balance in out of work relationships is a personal goal of mine this year! #miched
I shocked some of my students the other day when I said "it feels like all I do is make mistakes."
I had to explain, that I jump into things and sometimes I learn as I go. Mistakes happen and I learn from them. I didn't mean it as a negative, but they see it that way. #Miched
@DreaWeiner Apple's coding language. Apple provides a free K-12 curriculum to teach coding. Pretty slick, although it is obviously focused on developing for the Apple ecosystem. #miched
Q4). Which professional book or resource will you be looking into in 2018? Jimmy Casas’ book titled, Culturize is a great place to start if you need any idea. @casas_jimmy#miched
A4) learn from more resouces students show me, as well as read more by authors who think differently then I do. Of course @burgessdave publications will always keep me busy wiht something to read! #michED
Q4). Which professional book or resource will you be looking into in 2018? Jimmy Casas’ book titled, Culturize is a great place to start if you need any idea. @casas_jimmy#miched
A4. Hoping to read more about using questioning techniques and questioning routines in the classroom. Just borrowed a copy of “Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding” to begin my journey. #MichEd
Q4). Which professional book or resource will you be looking into in 2018? Jimmy Casas’ book titled, Culturize is a great place to start if you need any idea. @casas_jimmy#miched
A4) I have a theme in the professional books I am reading right now--equitable access to mathematics.
"Radical Equations"
"Multiplication is for White People" (disclosure: it isn't. The book argues it isn't.)
"Women in Mathematics"
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Q5). Not everyone likes change or trying new things. How can we help to promote a growth mindset among colleagues who may be hesitant about trying new things? #miched
A5: We need to recognize our own unwillingness to try new things and then challenge ourselves. Nothing inspires innovation than modeling innovation. #MichEd#failforward
Q5). Not everyone likes change or trying new things. How can we help to promote a growth mindset among colleagues who may be hesitant about trying new things? #miched
Q5). Not everyone likes change or trying new things. How can we help to promote a growth mindset among colleagues who may be hesitant about trying new things? #miched
A1: A new take on my lesson: having Ss research a potential career they’d be interested in and creating an AdobeSpark regarding the process of researching:their thinking. #michEd
A5)Lead by example with passion and empathy, and an understanding that everyone starts with little understanding of new ideas until we practice, practice, practice. #michEd
A5: 1. We must observe, listen well, ask questions and understand their POV. Resistance can happen for so many reasons. One that I keep finding is Initiative and change weariness. #miched
A5) Build relationships first, then show some of the things that have worked for you. Maybe team up with someone. Collaborating is one of my favorite things in education. #miched
A5) Pick something that doesn't work. Do you hate teaching a topic? Fix that. Research best practices in that area. It won't work perfect, but it will be better. For me, it inspires me to move to the next thing. #miched
A5 Be honest with yourself and others that this “new thing” may not be/do everything you hope for...embrace the risk yourself by acknowledging it isn’t a “sure thing” #Miched
A5. Share your experiences and success stories. Listen to concerns and offer support if possible. I’ve found that sharing ideas & updating on what worked for you/what you’d change helps to model mindset and make changes feel more realistic/comfortable #MichEd
Update on when Michigan teachers & school employees should finally see their 3% refund: The state began sending data to school districts today to begin the process of reimbursing money owed to 274,742 former and current school employees by 1/22. #MichEdhttps://t.co/98AIeb6ZK5
Q6) As we get into a new year, people think about goal setting. How can we help students set goals who come from homes without a growth mindset? #miched
A5: This year is the first where I’ve felt our staff embraces new ways of teaching, especially through the use of technology. Just reminding each other that anything new will take some time puts the fire out for a moment. #miched
Q6) As we get into a new year, people think about goal setting. How can we help students set goals who come from homes without a growth mindset? #miched
Rule #1: It isn't about me. It's about the kids. THEY need the best possible day.
I started small. Pick one thing and work to fix that. If a lesson was bad, I'm fine thinking that something must be better. That early success helps me think that was as practice now. #miched
A6: Celebrate their successes and encourage them to jump off their platform of success. If you provide a little light then the opportunity for developing growth mindset is even more attainable. #miched
Q6) As we get into a new year, people think about goal setting. How can we help students set goals who come from homes without a growth mindset? #miched
A6: I’m having my students set reading goals based off of their PSAT and NWEA data for next semester. They’ll have to create plans, gather data, use metacognitive reflections, analyze growth, etc. A whole new spin on our reading projects that I finally grew tired of. #miched
A6: I started a PD session today by having T’s write and decorate their #oneword. Their plan was to share theirs with S’s and tell them how they chose it through a think aloud. #miched
A6) I do, we do, you do at it's finest. Discuss the power of goal setting and the impact it has in all aspects of https://t.co/lIArB7ShAZ and encourage Ss for all growth made towards goals. #michED
Q6) As we get into a new year, people think about goal setting. How can we help students set goals who come from homes without a growth mindset? #miched
A6) Build strong relationships first and show how you goal set in the short term. Explain SMART Goals, what does it mean to be measurable and attainable. Celebrate success! Model “recalculating” when you miss your target. #miched
As I said earlier to my student "I make so many mistakes". I'm serious about that. I'm not set on anything that I do, but I am dedicated to my process of constant revision and reflection about what I do. #miched
A6) We are that person who believes in the student, and then shows him or her how to set goals that will require stretching- but be worth it. Work with ss on what goals are desired. #miched
A6. Model growth mindset and goal setting. Give time for learners to set goals, reflect, and share progress. Take time to learn together how goal setting is a process and takes energy/time. #MichEd
